{"id":4451,"date":"2024-08-26T12:57:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/global-one-health-academy\/?p=4451"},"modified":"2025-06-30T12:15:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T16:15:34","slug":"global-one-health-fellow-spotlight-emily-floess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/provost.ncsu.edu\/global-one-health-academy\/2024\/08\/26\/global-one-health-fellow-spotlight-emily-floess\/","title":{"rendered":"Global One Health Fellow Spotlight – Emily Floess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Each year, the Global One Health Academy funds an exceptional group of graduate students with One Health related research interests. During their one-year appointment, the Global One Health Fellows<\/a> are offered many opportunities, such as professional development workshops, networking with One Health professionals and more! Emily Floess<\/a> was a member of our first cohort of fellows and was just recently in Malawi studying food, water, and energy security in the country. Learn more about Emily in her spotlight below!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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What do you research?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My research primarily focuses on air quality and climate change. I also focus on intersecting aspects of environmental engineering, including drinking water and air pollution along with quantifying environmental tradeoffs through modeling and measurements. While serving as a Global One Health Fellow, I began a research project on food, water, and energy insecurity in Malawi. This project was funded by a Graduate Travel Award offered to me by GOHA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emily smiles in front of Lake Malawi in Malawi where she visited this summer to gather data for a project on food, water, and energy security in the country.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What are the implications of your research, and how does it fit into the One Health framework?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Air pollution impacts all aspects of One health, including human, animals, plants, and the environment. Air pollution mitigation can have both health and climate benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\/who inspired you to pursue this field of study?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The professor who funded my research when I started my masters degree was studying air quality, and it turns out air quality was a really good fit for me! I was always interested in weather and climate change, and I also had a B.S. in chemical engineering. Fortunately for me, there is a lot of chemistry involved in studying air quality. There is a large international and domestic field component which also fits my interests and background. I chose to stay in this area for my Ph.D. with Dr. Andy Grieshop. His background supports me as I pursue my Ph.D. in civil engineering focusing on energy access and transitions in developing countries, energy insecurity, and the intersection of WaSH and indoor air pollution interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you view as a critical global challenge in One Health, and how could your discipline contribute to addressing it?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A critical challenge to One Health is pollution. By limiting pollution at all levels, we can limit instances of contamination that affect vulnerable communities. Within my research, I specifically focus on air pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How has the Global One Health Fellowship helped shape your career trajectory?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I have always been interested in One Health, and the Global One Health Fellowship helped me to learn more. Through this opportunity I was able to pursue and explore projects of interest that I previously did not have funding for, such as this project in Malawi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Emily presenting about her research during the GOHA One Health Research Symposium in April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What was your favorite part of the Global One Health Fellowship?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My favorite part of the Global One Health Fellowship was meeting and connecting with my cohort and professors of all different disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your next steps?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I am TA-ing this semester, as a part of the Mentored Teaching Fellowship, and also working toward graduating some time in December or Spring. Currently I am finishing up two projects. One is in the final stages of revisions for a paper on the tradeoffs of boiling drinking water with solid fuels, and the other is on food, water, energy insecurity in Malawi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anything else you would like to share?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I really enjoy traveling and running and the outdoors, and I have a 20 month old daughter!<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n

Each year, the Global One Health Academy funds an exceptional group of graduate students with One Health related research interests. During their one-year appointment, the Global One Health Fellows<\/a> are offered many opportunities, such as professional development workshops, networking with One Health professionals and more! Emily Floess<\/a> was a member of our first cohort of fellows and was just recently in Malawi studying food, water, and energy security in the country. Learn more about Emily in her spotlight below!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

What do you research?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My research primarily focuses on air quality and climate change. I also focus on intersecting aspects of environmental engineering, including drinking water and air pollution along with quantifying environmental tradeoffs through modeling and measurements. While serving as a Global One Health Fellow, I began a research project on food, water, and energy insecurity in Malawi. This project was funded by a Graduate Travel Award offered to me by GOHA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Emily smiles in front of Lake Malawi in Malawi where she visited this summer to gather data for a project on food, water, and energy security in the country.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What are the implications of your research, and how does it fit into the One Health framework?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Air pollution impacts all aspects of One health, including human, animals, plants, and the environment. Air pollution mitigation can have both health and climate benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What\/who inspired you to pursue this field of study?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The professor who funded my research when I started my masters degree was studying air quality, and it turns out air quality was a really good fit for me! I was always interested in weather and climate change, and I also had a B.S. in chemical engineering. Fortunately for me, there is a lot of chemistry involved in studying air quality. There is a large international and domestic field component which also fits my interests and background. I chose to stay in this area for my Ph.D. with Dr. Andy Grieshop. His background supports me as I pursue my Ph.D. in civil engineering focusing on energy access and transitions in developing countries, energy insecurity, and the intersection of WaSH and indoor air pollution interventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you view as a critical global challenge in One Health, and how could your discipline contribute to addressing it?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A critical challenge to One Health is pollution. By limiting pollution at all levels, we can limit instances of contamination that affect vulnerable communities. Within my research, I specifically focus on air pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How has the Global One Health Fellowship helped shape your career trajectory?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I have always been interested in One Health, and the Global One Health Fellowship helped me to learn more. Through this opportunity I was able to pursue and explore projects of interest that I previously did not have funding for, such as this project in Malawi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Emily presenting about her research during the GOHA One Health Research Symposium in April 2024.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What was your favorite part of the Global One Health Fellowship?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

My favorite part of the Global One Health Fellowship was meeting and connecting with my cohort and professors of all different disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are your next steps?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I am TA-ing this semester, as a part of the Mentored Teaching Fellowship, and also working toward graduating some time in December or Spring. Currently I am finishing up two projects. One is in the final stages of revisions for a paper on the tradeoffs of boiling drinking water with solid fuels, and the other is on food, water, energy insecurity in Malawi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anything else you would like to share?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

I really enjoy traveling and running and the outdoors, and I have a 20 month old daughter!<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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